N Korean warns of sat launch, Japan on missile defence alert

N Korean warns of sat launch, Japan on missile defence alert
Japan put its ballistic missile defences on alert on Monday and vowed to shoot down any projectile that threatens its territory, after North Korea notified it of a planned satellite launch between May 31 and June 11. The nuclear-armed North says it has completed its first military spy satellite and leader Kim Jong-un has approved final preparations for the launch. Tokyo expects North Korea to fire the rocket carrying its satellite over Japan's southwest island chain, a defence spokesman said. Japan would use its Standard Missile-3 or Patriot Missile PAC-3, he added.
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